First order of business: more resolutions. From a practice manager in NJ who shall go nameless, lest his staff read this blog:

We are taking over my wife’s practice and I have been overseeing the staff now for a month. The “back office” (billing) and the “front office” just don’t get along. My Resolution is to somehow change not only the culture of the office (toxic) but to harmonize the front and back offices so that we are 1 team, not departments. How, you ask, can I do that? Well, in my opinion, showing the nurses / billers how hard the other’s job is and to instill the goal of the practice to be happy and profitable. I feel like I will be running uphill in this battle. The tickets would be amazing for me to utilize in learning how to do this business. I currently run an events registration business and will have this on my plate as well.

Oh, don't many of us know exactly how this PM feels? He also plays the sympathy card quite effectively! Well done.

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